KAREN WOODS
Born 1963, Seattle, Washington
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 …Going, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Wilder Still, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2018 Land and Sea, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Karen Woods, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Way to Wilder, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Karen Woods: New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Shift, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
From Here, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Exhibition and Artist Dialogue, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
GROUP EXHIBITION
2019 Art on Paper, New York, NY with Stewart Gallery
2018 Wet, Quidley & Co. Fine Art, Naples, FL
2017 Urban/Suburban Memories, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, OK (catalogue)
2015 Weather or Not, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2014 Selected Works: Catherine Christiano, Paul Schulenberg, Karen Woods, Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT
Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Ground, Surel’s Other Place, Garden City, ID
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Idaho Statehouse, Boise, ID (catalogue)
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery
The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
REVIEWS & PUBLICATION
Clawson, Michael, “The Passenger’s Perspective”, American Art Collector, October 2019
Belsito, Rochelle, “Cruise”, American Art Collector, June 2018
City-Journal (cover art), Autumn 2016 Issue, volume 26, No. 4
Oland, Dana, “Artistic Idaho”, Treasure Magazine, June 2016
Escudero, Nicki, “Rainy Days”, American Art Collector, February 2016
Carlson, Jeffrey, “Karen Woods Cityscapes” Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2014
Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December 2013
Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19, 2013
New American Paintings, West edition, October 2013
O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February 2013
Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall 2010
Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb 2010
Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15, 2008
Berry, S.L., “Canopy”, Indianapolis Star, April 8, 2007
Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, December 28, 2005
Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery, Boise Weekly, May 19, 2004
Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer 2002
Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March 2000
SELECTED PROJECTS
2019 Bodleian Library Bookmaking Workshop, Oxford, England, with a grant from the Alexa Rose Foundation
2018 James Castle House Artist Pilot Resident, James Castle House, Boise, ID
2013 Commissioned artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
COLLECTIONS
Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK
James Castle House, Boise, ID
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition)
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Portland, OR
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise, ID
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise, ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise, ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Born 1963, Seattle, Washington
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 …Going, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Wilder Still, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2018 Land and Sea, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Karen Woods, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Way to Wilder, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Karen Woods: New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Shift, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
From Here, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Exhibition and Artist Dialogue, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
GROUP EXHIBITION
2019 Art on Paper, New York, NY with Stewart Gallery
2018 Wet, Quidley & Co. Fine Art, Naples, FL
2017 Urban/Suburban Memories, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, OK (catalogue)
2015 Weather or Not, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2014 Selected Works: Catherine Christiano, Paul Schulenberg, Karen Woods, Art Essex Gallery, Essex, CT
Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New Ground, Surel’s Other Place, Garden City, ID
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Idaho Commission on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Idaho Statehouse, Boise, ID (catalogue)
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery
The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Buildings of New York, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
REVIEWS & PUBLICATION
Clawson, Michael, “The Passenger’s Perspective”, American Art Collector, October 2019
Belsito, Rochelle, “Cruise”, American Art Collector, June 2018
City-Journal (cover art), Autumn 2016 Issue, volume 26, No. 4
Oland, Dana, “Artistic Idaho”, Treasure Magazine, June 2016
Escudero, Nicki, “Rainy Days”, American Art Collector, February 2016
Carlson, Jeffrey, “Karen Woods Cityscapes” Fine Art Connoisseur, January 2014
Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December 2013
Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19, 2013
New American Paintings, West edition, October 2013
O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February 2013
Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall 2010
Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb 2010
Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15, 2008
Berry, S.L., “Canopy”, Indianapolis Star, April 8, 2007
Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, December 28, 2005
Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery, Boise Weekly, May 19, 2004
Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer 2002
Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March 2000
SELECTED PROJECTS
2019 Bodleian Library Bookmaking Workshop, Oxford, England, with a grant from the Alexa Rose Foundation
2018 James Castle House Artist Pilot Resident, James Castle House, Boise, ID
2013 Commissioned artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
COLLECTIONS
Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK
James Castle House, Boise, ID
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition)
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Portland, OR
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise, ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise, ID
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise, ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise, ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
